Stooker



F. KOHLR USS.

STOOKER.

APPLlCATiON FILED JULY 22,\91s

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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F. KOHLRUSS.

STOOKER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22. IQIB.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

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,N\ NE HmIII 1 1 m m m iii l FREDERICK KOHLRUSS, 0F BALGONIE, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

STOOKER.

Application filed July 22, 1918.

Saskatchewan Canada. have invented certain new and useful Improvements 1Il Stookers, of which the following is the specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stcokers and the object of the invention is to devise a simple and efficient form of stooker which may be easily operated to form a stock and deposit the same upon the ground so that there will. be no danger of the stocks being upset after being set up by the forward travel of the machine and it consists essentially of the following arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a general perspective view of my device.

Fig. 2, is a longitudinal section through Fig. 1.

Fig. 3, is a plan view.

Fig. l, is a detail view of the catch number used in connection with my device.

In the drawings like characters of refer ence indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

1 indicates the main frame comprising the side bars 1 and 1 connected together at one end by the frame end portion 1 and in proximity to the same end by a cross bar 1 1 indicates a supplemental frame supported in the main frame and extending rearwardly from the cross bar 1 and con nected directlyto the side bar 1 and to the side bar 1 by a cross bar 1 The opposite end of the frame is open as will be clearly seen from the drawing.

2 indicates the main shaft upon which is supported the gear 2 and sprocket gears 2 and 2 8 indicates the main wheel mounted upon a short shaft 3* supported by the side bar 1 and longitudinal bars 1 of the supplemental frame. 3 indicates a sprocket gear mounted upon thexshaft 3 and connected by a sprocket chain 8 to the sprocket gear 3 mounted upon the shaft 3 upon which is secured a pinion 2 meshing with the pinion 2 3 indicates a sprocket gear mounted upon a short shaft 3 carried by he bars 1 and 1 and 8 indicates a sprocket pinion also mounted upon the shaft 3 adjacent to the sprocket wheel 3 and revolving in unison therewith. 3 indicates a sprocket chain connecting the sprocket chain 3 with Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20, 1920.

Serial No. 246,113.

the sprocket gear 2 mounted upon the shaft 2. a indicates a stud shaft carried by the longitudinal bar 1 of the supplemental frame 1 4* indicates a mutilated sprocket gear mounted upon the stud shaft 4 in a line and designed to mesh with the sprocket pinion 3*. Normally the sprocket pinion 8 is located in a mutilated portion 4: of the sprocket gear 4*.

5 and 6 indicate frame standards carried by the supplemental frame 1 at each side thereof, each being provided with upwardly extending standard portions 5 and 6*. 7 indicates a rocking shaft journaled in the standard portions 5 and 6 8 indicates a sheaf receiving plate which is preferably concaved crosswise and provided with slotted openings 8 and 8. 2 indicates a lug depending from the lower face of the plate 8 in proximity to one end thereof and provided with a sleeve end 8 secured to the rocking shaft 7. 9 indicates a link hingedly connected at 9 to the rear end of the plate 8, the opposite end being pivotally connected at 9 to the mutilated gear 1*. i

10 indicates a U-bracket carried by the standard frame 6. 11 indicates a longitudinally. movable rod slidably held in the arms of the U-bracket 10 and provided with a stationary collar 11 and a surrounding compression spring 11 extending between the collar and the rear arm of the U-bracket 10. The orifice of the U-bracket through which the forward end of the rod 11 passes is elongated vertically so as to allow of a slight vertical movement of the rod 11 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The forward end of the rod 11 is downturned at 11. 12 indicates a sheaf receiving plate located over the central portion of of the sheaf receiver 8. The lower end of the arm 12 is connected by a tension spring 12 to the lower face of the sheaf receiver 8,

such spring extending forwardly in an upwardly inclined direction. The opposite end of the plate 12 is provided with a deindicates a link pending lug 12 12 pivotally connected to the lug 12 at its upper end and provided at its lowerend with an eye 12 through which the rod 11 freely passes, the link 12 being connected to the rod 11 in proximity to its forward end.

The opposite end of the rod 11 is provided with a headll provided with a depending tooth projection 11 adapted to engage the teeth of the sprocket 4*.

It will be noticed particularly on referring to Fig. 3 that the rod 11 is located directly over the sprocket chain 3 and that, therefore, when the forward end of the rod 11 is depressed the down-turned portion 11 thereof will engage with the links of the sprocket. The sprocket gear 2 mounted upon the shaft 2 is provided with a clutch member 2 formed integral therewlth.

It willbe noticed that the gear 2 is freely mounted upon the shaft 2 and 2 indicates a clutch member which is feathered on to the shaft 2 and provided with an annular groove 2 13 indicates a clutch operating lever pivoted at 13 and provided with a fork 13 engaging the annular groove 2 of the clutch member 2 The operating end of the lever is connected by a tension spring 14 to a bracket-l4: mounted in a stationary position upon the main frame. 15 indicates a cord or other operating means extending from the lever 13 to a suitable operating device located adjacent to the drivers seat upon the binder. 141 indicates the shock former into which the sheaves are delivered from the sheaf receiver 8. 15 indicates a tilting frame supported between the side bars 1 and 1 of the main frame by trunnion members 15 and 15. The trunnion member 15 is provided with a crank end 15 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

16 indicate link members swung at their lower end upon the front bar of the rocking frame 15 and pivotally connected at their opposite end at 16 to the forward portion of the lower portion of the shock former. By thismeans the front end of the shock former is supported. In order to support the rear end of the shock former I provide a swinging frame 17 provided with trunnions 1'7 and 17 also mounted upon the side bars 1 and 1 of the main frame. The trunnion 17' is also provided with a crank portion 17 It will be noted that the rear end of the swinging frame 17 is open and that the ends of the side arms of the frame are provided with outwardly projecting portions 17 148 indicates a bearing member carried by the lower portion of the shock former 14C in proximity to its rear end and through which the front bar of the rocking frame 17 extends and is turnably held. The shock former 14 is divided into three portions, the lower portion 141 being substantially semicircular in cross section and of semi-conical form.v ,To each edgeof the portion 1%1 are hingedly-connected arc-shaped flaps 1 1 and 14 1 1%. indicatesa tension spring connecting the fiapfs'1 1? and 1 1 to the sides of the lo portion 14 of the sh'o'ck'former thereby normally holding the portions 14 and 1 1 in their open position. 14 indicate links hingedly connected at their inner ends to the inner edges of the flaps 1 1 and 1 1 15 indicate levers swingably mounted upon the side portions of the lower portion 141- of the shock former. 15 indicates a ball and socket connection between the rearwardly extend ing arm 15 of each of the levers 15 and a corresponding link 1 1 The arm 15 of each lever 15 is also connected by a tension spring 15 to the shock former so as to have a clownward draw upon the arm 15 The opposite arms 15 of the levers 15 are connected together by a looped cable 15 18 indicates a pulley mounted upon a suitable member 18 carried by the main frame. 18 indicates a cable connected at one end to the central portion of the looped cable 15 and at the opposite end to a tension spring 18 connected to a cross bar 18 carried by the main frame.

In order to support the butt end of the shock when in position in the shock former and during the formation of a shock I have provided the following device.

19 indicate brackets extending outwardly from each side of the main frame in proximity to its rear end. 19 and 19 indicate standards supported at their lower ends upon the brackets 19 and extending upwardly at each side of the rear end of the shock former 14. The upper ends of the standard bars 19 and 19 are inturned and provided with hearing ends 19 and 19*. 19 indicates a U- shaped frame, the vertical arms of which are provided at their outer ends with outturned trunnion portions 19 and 19 swingably mounted in the bearing ends 19 and 19. The lower bar of the frame 19 is provided with lateral projections 19 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. The U shaped frame 19 is provided with a filling of suitable material 19 The rear ends of the side bars 1 and 1 of the main frame are provided with jaws X and X.

20 indicate swinging catches pivotally mounted in the jaws X and X. The up wardly extending teeth 20 of the catches engage the projections l9 of the frame 19 so as to lock it in its inward position against the rear end of the shock former 141. The catches 20 are provided with rearward extensions 21 which normally rest upon the lateral projections 17 2 of the swinging frame 17. The catches 20 are connected by tension springs 22 to depending brackets 23 carried by the main frame. The trunnion portion 19 is provided at its outer end with a crank portion 19 24 indicates a short shaft j ournaled in suitable bearings 25 carried by the side 1 of the main frame. 26 indicates a sprocket gear mounted upon the inner end of the shaft 24. 26 indicates a sprocket chain connecting the sprocket 26 1 with the sprocket gear 2 27 indicates a link pivotally connected at one end to the sprocket gear 26 and at the opposite end to the rear cross bar of the swinging frame 15. 27 indicates a crank wheel mounted upon the outer end of the shaft 21 and connected by a link 28 to the crank end 17 2 of the trunnion 17. 29 indicates a link connecting the crank end 15 of the trunnion 15 with the crank end 19 of the trunnion 19 80 indicate caster wheels journaled in the brackets 19 extending from each side of the rear end of the main frame and adapted to resiliently support the same, the shanks of the fork bearings of the caster wheels being provided with cushioning springs 31. 32 indicates a portion of the deck of the binder. The main frame 1 is suitably connected to the main frame of the binder by any desired means so that the binder and my stooker travel in unison.

Having described the principal parts involved in my invention I will briefly describe the operation of the same.

As the sheaves are ejected from the binder they are thrown on to the spicular projections 12 of the plate 12. The plate 12 then.

supports the weight of the sheaf and is thereby depressed, the tension spring 12 and the resilience of the rod 11 allowing for the depression. By the depression of the plate 12 the forward end of the rod 11 is sprung downward so that the downwardly projecting end 11 thereof engages with the chain 3 It will, of course, be understood that the sprocket wheel 2 revolves continuously, being mounted upon the shaft 2 which is driven through the gears 2 and 2 and sprocket 3 and sprocket chain 3 from the sprocket 3 carried by the shaft 3 .of the main carrier wheel 3. As the downward projection 11 engages the chain 3 the chain traveling in the direction of arrow (see Fig. 2) the rod 11 is moved longitudinally compressing the spring 11 and sprocket 4* slightly turning the sprocket so that the mutilated portion thereof is carried past the pinion 3 allowing the pinion to engage with the teeth of the sprocket. As the pinion 3* engages with the teeth of the sprocket 4* a driving connection is formed from the revolving sprocket 2 to the sprocket 4* which in revolving draws the link 9 downward, throwing the sheaf receiver 8 into an upwardly tilted position so as to throw the sheaf forward therefrom to the shock former, which is, of course, in the open position shown in Fig. 1. During this operation the sprocket gear 1* revolves until the sprocket pinion again enters the mutilated portion thereby breaking the driving connection. This operation is repeated until the required number of sheaves have been received by the shock former.

The operator of the binder then pulls the cord 15 so as to throw the clutch members 2 and 2 into engagement thereby forming a driving connection between the shaft 2 and sprocket 2 By this means the sprocket 26, shaft 24 and crank wheel 27 are rotated. The rotation of the sprocket 26 pulls the link 27 which is connected to the rear bar of the rocking frame 15 so as to rock the frame 15 upwardly into the dotted position shown in Fig. 2. Simultaneously the crank wheel 27 pulls upon the link 28 connected to the crank arm 17 2 which rocks the frame 17 also into the dotted position shown in Fig. 2, carrying the shock former upwardly toward the dotted position. As the shock former is carried upward the tension exerted on the cord 18 and looped cord 15 pulls the arms 15 of the levers 15 relatively downward toward the dotted position and thereby forcing the opposite end 15 of the lever 15 in such a direction as to force the links 14 inward, swinging the hinged portions 14 and 14 of the shock former together so as to compress the shock.

It will, of course,-be understood, that the sheaves are so thrown into the former that the butt ends are at the wider end of the former and the heads at the narrow end so that when the portions 14 and 14 of the shock former are forced together they compress the shock in such a way as to draw the heads of the sheaves together and spread the butt ends so as to form a wide base for the shock to rest on when upended upon the ground. As the shock former is upended into the dotted position the frame 19 is swung outward so as to allow for clearance to enable the former to assume the dotted or upended position. This is accomplished by means of the link connection 29 between the crank arms 15 and 19 It will thus be seen that when the rocking frame 15 is swung into the dotted position the swinging frame 19 will be swung outward also into the dotted position.

As the sprocket wheel 26 and crank wheel 27 complete their revolution they carry the link connections 27 and 28 back to their normal position thereby carrying the swinging frames 15 and 17 from their dotted position back to their normal position or the position shown in full lines in the drawing and thereby returning the shock former to its normal position. As it is returned the levers 15 are carried back to the position shown in full lines, the springs 14: aiding to swing the members 14 and 14: of the shock former outward to the open position ready to re ceive the next set of sheaves.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simple device whereby the sheaves delivered from the binder may be formed into a shock and delivered and set up in the upstanding position upon the ground.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a stooker, the combination with the main frame and shock former comprising a semi-cylindrical lower portion and arcshape flaps forming the upper portion, of means for carrying the shock former upon the main frame and adapted to be swung to carry the former toward an upended position, levers pivoted upon the lower portion of the former, a link connection between one end of each lever and the corresponding former flap, and means drawing upon the opposite end of each lever as the former is carried upward to turn the lovers upon their pivot to close the flaps.

2. In a stooker, the combination with the main frame, of a conical. shock former, a pair of crank arms pivotally mounted in the frame one in advance of the other, a bear ing carried by the shock former in which the rear crank is journaled, a link rod connecting the forward crank and the corresponding end of the shock former, and means for swinging the cranks upward to carry the former into position to allow the shock to drop.

8. In a stooker, the combination with the main frame and conical shock former comprising a semi-cylindrical lower portion and areshape flaps forming the upper portion, of means for carrying the shock former upon the main frame and adapted to be swung to carry the former toward. an upended. positen, levers swung upon the lower portion of the former, a link connection between one end of each lever and the corresponding former flap, a pulley mounted in the main frame, a cord extending beneath the pulley and having a bifurcated portion at one end connected to each forward end of the levers carried by the shock former, and a tension spring connecting the opposite end of the cord with the main frame.

4. In a stooker, the combination with the main frame, a shock former mechanism adapted to swing for upending the shock former in the main frame, a swinging closure for the rear end of the shock former, means for locking the closure against the open rear end of the shock former, means for releasing such locking means operated by the upward swing of the former carrying mechanism, and means for swinging the closure clear of the shock former as the shock former is swung to an upended position.

5. In a stooker, the combination with the main frame and carrying wheels thereof, of a mutilated gear mounted upon the main frame, a pinion also mounted in the main frame and adapted to engage with the mutilated gear, means for driving the pinion from one of the carrying wheels of the main frame, a tiltable plate forming the sheaf receiver, a link connection between one end of the plate and the mutilated gear, and means set into operation by the weight of the sheaf received upon the receiver for turning the mutilated gear to carry the teeth thereof into engagen'ient with the pinion.

(5. In a stooker, the combination with the main frame and carrying wheels thereof, a pinion mounted upon a shaft carried by the main frame, a sprocket drive between the carrying wheels and the pinion, a mutilated gear, a tiltably mounted sheaf receiving plate carried by the main frame, a link connection between one end of the plate and the mutilated gear, and a trip device operated by the weight of the sheaf to engage the sprocket drive and the teeth of the mutilated gear whereby movement is im- .'ted. to the mutilated gear to carry the eeth thereof into engagement with the pinion.

7. In a stooker, the combination with the main frame and carrying wheels thereof, a pinion carried by the shaft journaled in the main frame, a sprocket drive between the pinion and the car wheel, a mutilated gear mounted upon a shaft also carried by the main frame, a tiltable sheaf receiving plate, a link connection between the sheaf receiving plate and the mutilated gear, a longitudinally movable resiliently held rod having means at one end adapted to engage the sprocket drive and at the opposite end to engage the teeth of the mutilated gear, and means operated by the weight of the sheaf received upon the sheaf receiverfor carrying one end of the rod into engagement with the chain of the sprocket drive.

8. In a stooker, the combination with the main frantic and carrying wheels thereof, a pinion carried by the shaft journaled in the inain frame, a sprocket drive between the pinion and the carrying wheel, a mutilated gear mounted upon a shaft also carried by the main frame, a tilt-able sheaf receiving plate, a link connection between the sheaf receiving plate and the mutilated gear, a longitudinally movable resiliently held rod having means at one end adapted to engage the sprocket drive and at the opposite end to engage the teeth of the mutilated gear, a supplemental plate located above the sheaf receiving plate and resiliently supported at one end, and a link connection between the opposite end of the plate and the longitudinally mo able rod,

FREDERICK KOIILRUSS.

Witnesses CHAS. F. GENTNER, E. L. RILHAM. 

